Principal RF Engineer

Start Date: 2006-01-01

Design, validate performance, and transfer into production gateway and set top products with 802.11x WiFi radios. Develop various RF and analog circuits for high volume (>70K per week) telco and satellite products. Design of low cost antennas for 802.11 b/g/n/ac WiFi and Femto cell applications using CST Microwave Suite 3D simulation software. A multi-band design has been granted a US patent. Development of MIMO 802.11AC dual band 4x4 access points. Extensive testing and characterization of antenna systems in anechoic chamber and field environment. Performance testing includes chamber and OTA. Participate in FCC certification and EMI compliance testing.

Electrical Engineering Co-op

Start Date: 1999-09-01End Date: 2003-06-01

Electronic hardware design, mechanical design, and component selection for vibration and oil analysis equipment and test systems. Built, tested, and debugged circuitry. Created manufacturing test software automation. Part of the hardware engineering team that developed the XM Series Integrated Machinery Monitoring and Protection System that won 2002 Industry Week technology of the year.

SATCOM Waveform Development Manager

Start Date: 2010-08-01End Date: 2011-12-01

• Team leader over the design of a custom satellite communications (SATCOM) waveform (physical layer signaling) designed for senior military leadership communications aboard a strategic command and control aircraft.

Proven track record of creating value for all stakeholders in early-stage, turn-around and larger scale businesses. Deep experience in organization design and development across all functions, corporate/competitive strategy, international business and global accounts, technology road maps, business development and high-level B2B partnering.Key roles in industry-leading category development and technology substitutions across power, communications/computing and renewable energy segments : MOS-based power semiconductor discrete devices and high-voltage ICs, distributed PLC systems for factory automation, WiFi, POTS to VoIP telecom, digital DC-DC conversion, AC modules for distributed solar PV generation systems.Finance and fundraising background amounting to over $500M in VC and PE transactions and M&A - both buying and selling.Governance experience via multi-year outside director seats for both private and public companies - including audit committee.

VP, Market Development, Europe

Start Date: 1992-01-01End Date: 1995-01-01

Responsible for Europe-level marketing, business development, and commercial effectiveness programs.Groupe Schneider ($11B globally) includes the Telemecanique, Merlin Gerin, and Square D companies.Corporate mission to establish worldwide process for managing large multinational accounts :• Unprecedented network of decentralized account managers having multinational scope.• Implemented new financing system to enable proper global/local behavior.• Schneider became first globally certified supplier to Xerox.• More than $200M new business potential under development worldwide by 1995.Leadership role in Europe to improve commercial effectiveness for $110M Automation Business :• Realized $16M commercial cost reduction 1992-94 : 28% productivity gain.Pioneered new business development efforts in target industries :• Implemented first global teamwork for Automotive market ; $230 M of current sales.• Led team to first turn-key win with Daewoo in Korea for factory automation.

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Start Date: 2010-08-01

Harris Corporation, RF Communications Division working in the Public Safety and Professional Communications business segment. Recent work include:LTE 700MHZ mobile broadband terminals provide high speed data capability for public safety application. VIDA Broadband 4.9 GHz platform provides an optimal solution for wireless video surveillance solutions. This WiMAX-based platform is optimized to provide high-capacity wide area surveillance video using the 50MHz available to Public Safety in the 4.9GHz band.

Dynamic, hard charging sales professional with a diverse background that provides financial, political, operational, and technical solutions for Public Safety, Utility, and IT customers. Experienced in mentoring and managing direct reports as well as channel partners to create an effective team in a challenging business environment.Specialties: Relationship building, Strategic Selling, Problem Solving, Technical Solution Translation, System Integration

Systems Engineer - Systems Product Development Group

Start Date: 2004-11-01End Date: 2008-08-01

Responsible for a number of digital hardware design, system design and FPGA design activities including:-Products allowing for the remoting of military radio interfaces such as analog voice and digital data over field wire, fiber optics, microwave radios and Ethernet-Protocol and interface converters to allow military radio's to drive co-location filtering equipment. -Product design of a high power RF switch allowing a single antenna to be used by separate transmitters and receivers.

Design Engineer

Start Date: 2005-04-01End Date: 2013-06-01

Designed Digital Video Display Processor Section of all Harris/Videotek Waveform Monitors to include the VTM-4150PKG, TVM-9150PKG, CMN-91 and VMM-4SNY products.Added 3D video option to VTM-4150PKG product to process side-by-side or L,R inputs. Included display of four independently scaled video sources which can be configured to be L-R, Mix, Anaglyph, Split or Mosaic.

Mike Kurdziel is Sr. Engineering Manager, Core Networking and Network Security Group, for Harris Corporation, RF communications Division. He is recognized as a published industry authority in the Type 3 and Type 4 IA field and various Cyber Security technologies. Dr. Kurdziel has been a member of Harris Corporation’s RF Communications Division's technical staff since 1992. He holds Bachelor of Science (1986), Master of Science (1988) and Doctor of Philosophy (2001) Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He holds fifteen patents, has one patent pending and has authored/coauthored 18 publications all dealing with military communications applications. He has been a licensed “Professional Engineer” (License No. 069432) in the State of New York since 1992 and is PMP certified by the Professional Management Institute (PMI).

RF Systems and Applications Engineer (MSEE)

Timestamp: 2015-12-25

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Phoenix Project T1 Migration: • Contact WNCC Data to status CDPD circuits being cut over that night. • Run Query on Sites and Dips to verify that they are working. • Swing circuits over to new CFA. • Tie down new DGR assignment if applicable. Ensure that Framing/Signaling is matched. • Test T1s to LEC and facing Switch, verify LEC also sees MTSO and to Site. Swing back circuit to old design if T1 cannot be brought as new design, either by Telco or AWS (within maintenance window time). • Re-run query on Sites, DACS (Titan 5500) and Dips Ericsson AXE212 to verify that they are working. • Remove cabling from previous DGRs. • Open up Telco Trouble Tickets with LEC and within AMS if T1 span goes down. Migrate any additional T1s for project such as Freedom ring grooming, Double backhaul removal. • Audit next day's work and handoff work to day crew.

Material Review Board • Support and troubleshoot Laptops and PC desktop. • Test, repair and analyze PC boards. Inventory department using QDC software. Tested and diagnosed equipment problems. • Maintain the quality of equipment and insured all parts were functioning. Returned unqualified equipment for correction of faults. • Quality control of material before manufacture, and tested material after production.

• Electronic Program Guide Equipment and • Motorola Out of Band Modulator: OM Model VOD Providers: Hollywood Box, Rovi, ZAP 1000 & Model 2000 Version 1.0X APSK TV,Com cast Etc. Modulated Signal for out of band data stream of a digital CATV System from the • Motorola Digital Addressable Control (DAC head end to set-top boxes installed in 6000): Launch Channel Map Deploy, Send customer homes. (UDP Packets - Controller), new codes to STB and make changes to FEC-Bit stream, OAM&P, SNMP customer's services or give out Program Authorizations,Billing or make changes or • Motorola: MBT Switch 5000 / Sonnet Ring add new services to existing markets services OC192 and OC93 - Transport and Retrieval or create new channel maps Etc, To manage of Media Streams coming off of the sonnet multiple devices: SEM and OM and APEX ring that have come in from the Super Hub and Set Top Box Devices and do Setup and End (Long Haul Network) and then sent back Configurations or make changes,Encryption out to the VSO (Medium Haul Network) and and MCA Editing of Channels Services, then out to the customer homes. Equipment Configuration and NPT Server Etc. • Scientific Atlanta & Cisco: Prisma / Prisma II IP - Prima IP Fiber Transport Micro-Node • Cisco: K-Tech DVM Switch 150 / 4507 (2 RU High) Chassis. Used this to bring in off Cisco Network Switch - Routes the local -air (RF, SDI) signals from the fixed antenna channels through the network into the equipment room and then convert it over to the fiber optical side.

• Scientific Atlanta / Cisco: Rosa EM and Rose NMS - Configuration of our network systems by setting up a device list of all devices that were needing to be monitored and setting up channel maps and SNMP traps to keep track of what activity occurred through network and what device or signal was causing the alarms or if the signal or device had to be reverted over to a backup state from primary. Monitor the hardware andsoftware and the equipment and signal performance by logging and failing over to backup and storing those errors on an alarm log. VMN Network and VDCN Application, Cop Server (Copernicus MKV) - Regulates the Network Management System, Client's PC's, Rosa Software mapped out for the Video Hub End Office equipment and signals, monitoring with channel maps, navigate maps to pieces of equipment. Used Rosa to monitor and isolate internal problems that would correlate alarms and their root causes. Administrative rights and licenses implemented for services and set up of 60 devices. Rosa Client Setup to communicate with the COP Server through IP based Ethernet. DNS Server - System Administration, Built Rosa Maps, access and modify Dev List and configured server system software,virtual devices and source devices Etc.

• Video Content: Set up satellite receivers to stream video off of satellites, or other formats such as: patch panel setup, playback with tapes or video server, Foxfire, Vyvx, DGS systems into video servers and then stream them back out of server for playback in automation systems. Etc.

• EAS: Trilithic and Easy Plus Setting the EAS System up using the EASY Plus to schedule weekly or monthly tests according to F.C.C. and S.B.E. Guidelines. Easy Plus Encoder/ Decoder System DVS-168 / SCTE 18. Federal Information Processing Standards. Used to setup weekly, monthly EAS tests and amber alerts.

Senior Test Design Engineer

Start Date: 2001-01-01End Date: 2004-01-01

Led and managed a team of mechanical/electrical engineers, draftsmen, machinists, and technicians in a cost effective & timely manner to ensure that the project's objectives were met. • Planned and monitored projects in MS Project, measured budget and schedule, held in green during the projects life. Cost savings to company and delivered ahead of schedule. • Resolved issues and concerns during MRB and FRB meetings before presenting to customer, thus meeting product specifications and delivery schedule increasing customer expectations. • Implemented Test Program Set Design (TPS) process utilizing HP VEE, NI Lab View and Lab Windows,increasing efficiency by over 50% on F-22 LRM and Sub Modules. • Conceptualized and developed the simultaneous, (pogo pin & RF ports), dc bias four axis RF sub module fixtures, increasing quality yields and significantly reduced test times by 45%. • Analyzed and performed a phase review, during final stages of 25 million dollar project that demonstrated proficiency in Final Testing & ATP, awarding acceptance of plans & methods.

Principal Technical Staff

Start Date: 2000-01-01End Date: 2001-01-01

BEDFORD, NH 2000 - 2001 (Leading-edge Technology Company specializing in Custom Spaceflight Electronics) Principal Technical Staff Implemented and modified software design and verifications test sets for a RF Radio Communication Receiver System. • Attended a customer meeting in Washington DC (Army) that fostered an opportunity to grow in public relations in order to demonstrate an alignment proposition that is beneficial to both parties. • Generated windows menu driven software program in Visual C to test a RF Radio receiver with 3 sub band tuners (S Band range), which resulted in elaborate studies to enhance product designs. • Integration of firmware for Xilinx chips and FPGAs on receiver, verification of embedded design for test, establishing a diagnostic aid, reducing troubleshooting times.